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"Jai Hind",which was adopted as slogan of the Indian National Army in the 1940s and
after India's independence, it emerged as a national slogan.

The Slogan JaiHind was first given in 1907 by the freedom fighter Champakaraman Pillai.

Pillai was born on 15th September 1891 ImageImageImage
into a Tamil family in Thiruvanantapuram.

Champakaraman Pillai was the Foreign Affairs Minister, in the cabinet of Raja Mahendra Verma, which happened to be the First Provisional Government of Bharat - In - Exile at Kabul in the year 1915.

When Pillai met Bose in Vienna in
1933, he inspired the latter to adopt the slogan Jai Hind.

In 1931, Pillai married Lakshmi Bai of Manipur, whom he had met in Berlin. Unfortunately they had a short life together, as Pillai soon fell ill.

Champakaraman Pillai passed away in Berlin on 28 May 1934.
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In his last letter, before facing the gallows, #AbdulKhader asked his father, relatives and friends not to worry as he is happy for giving life for Bharat Mata.

Today is the Jayanti of Abdul Khader, an INA Soldier who was hanged by the British.

The Kerala Born Freedom Fighter ImageImageImage
is not remembered or found in Left Text Books for the reason he sang #VandeMataram before going to gallows..

Abdul Khader was born on 25th May 1917 at Vakkom, Kerala, before matriculation he developed revolutionary ideas to liberate Bharat from British's clutches.

He went to
Malaysia when he was 21 for livelihood and when he was 25, he found his true calling Abdul Khader joined INA
and was one of the 50 trainees in INDIAN SWARAJ INSTITUTE, Penang.

They were asked to spy & were trained in guerrilla warfare but it was inadequate as they were caught
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